THE  ORIENT 


Via  the 


Stereopticon  Lantern 


AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSION  SOCIETY 

Ford  Building  Ashburton  Place  Boston,  Mass. 


A  Visit  to  the  Orient 

VIA  THE 

STEREOPTICON  LANTERN 


A  Catalogue  of  Stereopticon  Lectures , 
with  a  Brief  Summary  of  Each  Lecture 


FURNISHED  TO  CHURCHES,  YOUNG  PEOPLE  S 
SOCIETIES,  SUNDAY  SCHOOLS,  AND 
OTHER  ORGANIZATIONS  BY 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSION  SOCIETY 

Ford  Building  Ashburton  Place  Boston,  Mass. 


A  VISIT  TO  THE  ORIENT,  including  Africa  is 
possible  via  the  Stereopticon  in  an  hour’s  easy 
travel.  Forty-two  stereopticon  lectures  are 
available  for  the  use  of  Baptist  churches,  young  people’s 
societies  and  Sunday  Schools. 

These  lectures  are  illustrated  with  beautifully  colored 
stereopticon  slides  and  show  the  native  peoples,  their 
living  conditions  and  industries  and  explain  the  various 
missionary  activities  by  which  the  non-Christian  world  is 
being  led  from  heathenism  to  Christianity. 

Each  set  contains  about  fifty  colored  slides  of  standard 
American  size,  (3^  x  4  in.)  and  is  accompanied  by  a 
typewritten  lecture  in  narrative  form,  following  the  order 
of  the  views.  The  description  of  each  picture  begins  a 
new  page,  and  the  pronunciation  of  foreign  words  is 
indicated  clearly  so  that  no  one  should  have  difficulty  in 

j  j 

delivering  the  lecture. 

A  copy  of  the  lecture  cannot  be  sent  in  advance  of  the 
slides,  but  both  will  be  shipped,  when  possible,  several 
days  before  the  date  on  which  they  are  to  be  used,  so 
the  lecturer  will  have  time  to  familiarize  himself  with 
the  notes. 

As  a  rule,  a  church  using  one  of  the  lectures  for  the  first 
time  finds  it  so  popular,  entertaining  and  informing  that 
requests  are  soon  m9.de  for  other  lectures.  A  large  audi¬ 
ence  generally  will  attend  such  an  illustrated  lecture  and 
pastors  thus  have  an  opportunity  for  providing  a  helpful 
and  inspiring  service. 

Engagements  should  be  made  several  weeks  in  advance 
and  a  second  choice  should  always  be  indicated. 


CONDITIONS. 

1.  The  payment  of  express  charges  in  both  directions. 

2.  The  payment  for  breakage  of  slides;  colored  $1.50; 
plain,  $1.00. 

3.  Care  in  packing  and  shipping  the  slides. 

4.  The  immediate  return  of  the  lecture  after  the  date  for 
which  it  is  engaged,  even  though  it  may  have  been  im¬ 
possible  for  any  reason  to  use  it  on  that  date.  This  is 
necessary  in  order  to  fill  engagements  for  later  dates 
elsewhere. 

5.  A  fee  of  $1.00  for  each  lecture.  The  fee  is  charged  in 
order  to  help  defray  expenses  in  revising  lectures,  add¬ 
ing  new  slides,  repairing  packing  cases,  etc. 

Owing  to  the  large  demand  for  the  lectures,  it  is  not 
often  possible  to  loan  them  to  other  than  Baptist  organiza¬ 
tions.  When  it  is  practicable  to  do  this,  however,  a  fee  of 
$2.00  in  addition  to  the  express,  is  charged. 

LANTERN. 

If  a  church  has.  no  lantern  of  its  own  and  cannot  procure 
one  nearby  a  stereopticon  for  use  with  oxy-hydrogen  gas 
will  be  sent  from  headquarters  at  Boston,  on  the  extra 
payment  of  $2.00  and  express  charges  both  ways.  The 
instrument  has  all  the  necessary  equipment  including 
curtain  and  slide  carrier.  Owing  to  distance  the  lan¬ 
tern  cannot  be  sent  to  points  outside  New  England, 

MOVING  PICTURES. 

About  1,000  feet  of  excellent  moving  picture  film  giving 
a  vivid  glimpse  of  Baptist  work  in  West  China  is  available. 
Boys’  and  girls’  schools,  native  Christians  and  street 
preaching  are  among  the  scenes  shown.  This  is  loaned  for 
$5.00  plus  carriage. 

LECTURES  FOR  SUNDAY  SCHOOLS. 

For  a  description  of  special  lecture  sets  for  Sunday 
schools  the  reader  is  referred  to  page  14. 

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WHERE  TO  ORDER. 


The  following  lectures  are  at  the  Boston  office:  Nos.  1,  2, 
5,0,  11,  12,  14,  15,  16,17,  19.20,  26,  29,31,  32,35,38,51,52, 
53,  54. 

Address:  Literature  Department,  800  Ford  Building, 
Boston,  Mass. 

Because  of  time  required  for  transportation  and  the 
high  express  rates,  the  Boston  office  does  not  send  lectures 
beyond  New  England  and  the  Eastern  Coast  States. 

The  other  lectures  as  well  as  duplicates  of  those  at 
headquarters  are  distributed  with  the  district  secretaries 
for  use  in  the  West  and  Middle  West,  as  follows: 

Rev.  A.  L.  Snell,  23  East  26th  St.,  New  York  City: 
Nos.  10,  15,  36,  51. 

Department  of  Missionary  Education,  23  East  26th 
St.,  New  York  City:  Nos.  2,  13,  32,  53. 

Rev.  William  G.  Russell,  1701  Chestnut  St.,  Phila¬ 
delphia,  Pa.:  Nos.  12,  15,  21,  27,  32,  54. 

Rev.  C.  E.  Stanton,  Granville,  Ohio:  Nos.  6,  7,  18,  21,  28, 
32,  52,  54. 

Rev.  A.  S.  Carman,  D.D.,  19  South  LaSalle  St.,  Chicago, 
Ill.:  Nos.  2,  5,  8,  18,  22,  30,  33,  38,  54. 

Rev.  D.  W.  Hulburt,  D.D.,  1717  Wells  St.,  Milwaukee, 
Wis.:  Nos.  7,  37. 

Rev.  J.  P.  Jacobs,  115  East  31st  St.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.: 
Nos.  6,  53. 

Rev.  F.  Peterson,  D.D.,  407  Evanston  Bldg.,  Minnea¬ 
polis,  Minn.:  Nos.  14,  20,  32,  52. 

Rev.  G.  W.  Cassidy,  D.D.,  1005  Schweiter  Bldg.,  Wichita, 
Kan.:  Nos.  6,  12,  24,  54. 

Rev.  C.  H.  Bancroft,  3524  Lafayette  Ave.,  Omaha,  Neb.: 
Nos.  4,  7,  18. 

Rev.  A.  M.  Petty,  D.D.,  403  Tilford  Bldg.,  Portland,  Ore.  : 
Nos.  3,  6,  9,  23,  35,  51. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Rider,  D.D.,  313  West  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles, 
Calif.:  Nos.  6,  19,  20,  25,  34,  35,  38,  54. 

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THE  SCOPE  OF  THE  LECTURES. 


The  following  summary  will  indicate  briefly  the  scope, 
character  and  content  of  each  of  the  forty-two  lectures. 


1.  A  NEW  RECRUIT  IN  HEATHEN  LANDS. 

The  pictures  in  this  lecture  give  a  comprehensive  sur¬ 
vey  of  the  entire  missionary  enterprise.  The  spectators 
accompany  the  new  missionary  from  the  influences  which 
first  determined  his  choice  for  service,  to  actual  achieve¬ 
ments  on  the  mission  field.  Scenes  from  all  our  mission 
lands  are  included. 


2.  A  STORY  OF  MISSIONARY  ENDEAVOR. 

Missionary  endeavor  includes  Christian  education, 
medical  work  as  well  as  evangelism.  In  these  pictures 
not  only  endeavor  but  also  results  in  the  various  mission 
fields  are  indicated.  The  transforming  results  of  mis¬ 
sionary  endeavor  in  native  life  are  clearly  shown. 

3.  A  CENTURY  OF  MISSIONARY  ACHIEVEMENT. 

A  glimpse  into  each  mission  field  in  Asia  and  Africa 
showing  the  progress  and  development  of  Christianity 
since  the  days  of  Adoniram  Judson  more  than  100  years 
ago.  Those  who  desire  a  comprehensive  historical  survey 
of  Baptist  foreign  missions  during  the  past  century  will 
be  well  pleased  with  this  lecture. 


4.  BAPTIST  MISSIONS  AROUND  THE  WORLD. 

Scenes  from  every  country  in  which  our  missionaries  are 
laboring  give  some  idea  of  the  great  scope  of  our  work. 
Not  only  to  Asia  and  Africa,  but  to  European  countries, 
also,  is  the  gospel  message  carried. 

5.  THE  MISSIONARY  DOCTOR. 

In  all  our  mission  fields  the  missionary  doctor  is  dis¬ 
placing  native  ignorance  and  practice  by  a  knowledge  of 
Christ  and  modern  surgery.  When  one  understands  the 
superstition  he  must  combat  one  can  best  appreciate  the 
progress  represented  by  a  Christian  hospital  among  the 
filthy  non-Christian  villages  of  the  East,  and  the  sacrificing 
endeavors  of  a  modern  follower  of  the  Great  Physician. 

6.  THE  STORY  OF  ADONIRAM  JUDSON. 

An  illustrated  account  of  the  thrilling  and  heroic  ex¬ 
periences  of  the  first  American  Baptist  foreign  missionary. 
The  pictures  include  some  interesting  scenes  in  Burma  and 
the  lecture  is  a  pictorial  biography  of  Adoniram  Judson. 

7.  IN  PICTURESQUE  BURMA. 

According  to  many  tourists  Burma  is  more  delightful 
and  picturesque  than  Japan.  Burmese  customs,  manners, 
religious  life,  Christian  and  non-Christian  are  shown. 

8.  YESTERDAY  AND  TODAY  IN  BURMA. 

A  carefully  selected  set  of  slides  showing  all  the  interest¬ 
ing  features  of  the  country  and  its  people.  Burma  of 
today  is  a  concrete  result  of  missionary  endeavor. 

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9.  HERE  AND  THERE  IN  PAGODA  LAND. 


Burma,  the  great  land  of  pagodas,  is  under  the  iron  rule 
of  custom.  Many  of  these  customs,  so  strange  to  the 
foreigner  are  shown  in  the  pictures  which  describe  native 
life  in  country,  city  and  on  the  river. 


10.  ON  THE  FRONTIER  OF  BURMA. 

One  hundred  years  of  mission  work  in  Burma  since 
Judson  first  took  a  knowledge  of  Christ  to  that  country, 
has  achieved  remarkable  results.  The  pictures  of  non- 
Christian  villages  and  customs  are  a  striking  contrast  to 
those  that  testify  to  the  transformation  of  these  villages 
and  show  a  country  dotted  with  Christian  schools  and 
peopled  with  happy  believers.  _ 


11.  AMONG  THE  KARENS  OF  LOWER  BURMA. 

The  Karens  attracted  Judson’s  attention  soon  after 
his  arrival  in  Burma  and  it  was  from  this  tribe  that  some 
of  the  first  Christian  converts  came.  The  pictures  show 
the  Karens  at  home,  the  home  of  100  years  ago  and  the 
home  of  today. 

12.  THE  GOSPEL  AMONG  THE  KARENS. 

The  slides  show  the  great  variety  of  native  convey¬ 
ances  that  have  helped  in  spreading  the  message  from 
one  little  village  to  the  next.  The  gradual  progress  made 
by  the  people  in  erecting  their  own  jungle  chapels,  and 
in  other  forms  of  self-support  is  clearly  shown. 

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13.  A  TOUR  AMONG  THE  KACHINS. 


The  Kachins  are  one  of  Burma’s  hill  tribes,  differing  in 
many  respects  from  their  neighbors.  Kachin  village  life, 
with  special  attention  to  religious  ceremonies  and  beliefs 
is  here  portrayed. 

14.  BUDDHISM  AND  CHRISTIANITY  AMONG  THE 

BURMANS. 

Buddhism  has  no  God  nor  any  word  which  conveys  an 
idea  of  deity.  The  lecture  describes  Buddhist  obser¬ 
vances  and  explains  why  this  religion  presents  such  great 
difficulties  to  missionary  work.  That  these  difficulties 
can  be  and  are  being  overcome  is  clearly  indicated  in  the 
slides  of  this  lecture. 

15.  HIGHWAYS  AND  BYWAYS  OF  ASSAM. 

Assam  is  a  land  of  hills,  rice,  cotton  and  Hindu  temples. 
As  one  travels  along  the  Brahmaputra  River,  one  comes 
unexpectedly  upon  clusters  of  native  huts  called  villages. 
Each  woman  still  spins,  weaves  and  makes  into  garments 
enough  cotton  cloth  for  her  own  family.  These  primitive 
people  do  not  seem  to  be  promising  student  material  but 
given  an  opportunity  .such  as  the  Jorhat  Christian  Schools 
they  show  remarkable  ability. 

16.  THE  JORHAT  CHRISTIAN  SCHOOLS. 

A  pictorial  survey  of  the  well  known  Christian  training 
institution  at  Jorhat,  Assam.  The  slides  show  the 
Biblical  as  well  as  the  more  secular  and  industrial  depart¬ 
ments  and  depict  the  transformations  wrought  not  only 
in  individual  characters  but  also  in  village  and  community 
through  the  training  secured  at  these  schools. 

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17.  MISSIONARY  JOURNEYS  IN  BENGAL- 

ORISSA. 


Bengal-Orissa  is  a  land  of  few  large  villages,  so  the 
journey  is  out  in  the  country  and  along  the  river.  Men 
and  boys  do  the  washing,  sewing  and  spinning  and  the 
women  work  in  the  fields.  The  excellent  schools  for  both 
boys  and  girls,  maintained  by  the  mission  as  well  as  some 
of  the  native  churches  are  visited. 


18.  SOUTH  INDIA  AND  THE  TELUGUS. 

Christian  churches,  schools,  hospitals  and  customs  are 
rapidly  transforming  this  land  of  Hindu  temples  and 
shrines.  South  India  is  one  of  our  most  interesting  mis¬ 
sions  in  which  we  have  twenty-nine  stations.  Practically 
all  types  of  missionary  endeavor  can  be  found  on  this  field. 

19.  THE  INDIAN  EMPIRE. 

Each  of  our  four  missions  in  British  India  has  a  life  and 
population  peculiar  to  itself.  The  pictures  give  a  com¬ 
prehensive  idea  of  their  differences  and  their  most  interest¬ 
ing  features.  Glimpses  of  missionary  work  in  each  of  the 
four  missions  are  included. 

20.  IN  FARTHEST  CHINA. 

Our  farthest  mission  in  time  of  travel  is  West  China. 
Many  of  the  slides  are  of  scenes  along  the  Yangtze  River 
into  West  China.  Here  and  there  along  the  way  are  still 
to  be  seen  the  shrines  and  temples  of  a  dying  religion,  and 
the  relics  of  worn-out  customs,  which  are  rapidly  dis¬ 
appearing  before  the  onward  march  of  Christianity. 


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21.  YESTERDAY  AND  TODAY  IN  CHINA. 

The  contrast  sums  up  the  result  of  missionary  endeavor. 
Old  customs  and  superstitions  are  being  discarded  so 
rapidly  that  they  are  already  being  forgotten.  A  Christian 
University  now  stands  on  the  site  of  the  examination  halls 
of  the  old  Chinese  educational  system.  The  pictures  show 
clearly  the  transition  from  the  old  to  the  new. 

22.  THROUGH  THE  YANGTZE  VALLEY  INTO 

TIBET. 

To  bring  the  gospel  into  the  mysterious  land  of  Tibet 
has  long  been  the  ambition  of  missionaries.  In  this  lecture 
nature  and  native  life  along  the  Yangtze  River  into  the 
West  China  Mission,  and  other  pictures  of  mission  achieve¬ 
ment  tell  the  conditions  which  our  missionaries  find  and 
the  results  they  have  accomplished. 

23.  HERE  AND  THERE  IN  OLD  CHINA. 

Old  China  is  passing  away  so  rapidly  that  customs  once 
thought  immovable  are  fast  becoming  memories.  Mis¬ 
sionaries  are  doing  more  than  replacing  old  buildings  with 
new  —  they  are  replacing  old  ideas  with  new  science  and 
philosophy  and  old  religions  with  the  life-giving  gospel. 

24.  THINGS  CHINESE:  BAPTISTS  IN  AN 
AWAKENED  LAND. 

Footbinding,  opium  smoking  and  the  subjection  of 
womanhood  are  some  of  the  evils  from  which  China  is 
awakening,  but  there  are  many  other  things  Chinese 
pictured  here  that  must  also  pass  away.  That  they  are 
passing  is  shown  by  the  progress  of  Christianity  in  this 
great  land  of  China. 


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25.  PICTURESQUE  JAPAN. 

Flowers  and  gardens  and  children  at  play  form  a  large 
part  of  picturesque  Japan,  but  besides  these  things  are 
shown  the  more  serious  aspects  of  Japanese  life.  The 
coloring  in  the  slides  of  the  lecture  is  unusually  beautiful. 

26.  BY  RAIL  AND  JINRIKISHA  IN  CENTRAL  JAPAN. 

Temples,  gardens,  homes  and  schools  mark  the  route 
covered  by  this  lecture.  The  way  leads  out  of  the  city 
into  the  country  of  rice  fields  and  farmers  and  travelling 
musicians,  into  picturesque  but  workaday  rural  Japan. 

27.  THE  INLAND  SEA  OF  JAPAN. 

Buddhism  and  Shintoism  are  both  deeply  rooted  in  the 
Liuchiu  Islands.  But  to  these  Islands  missionaries  have 
brought  the  blessing  of  the  Gospel  message  as  Captain 
"Bickel  brought  it  to  the  islands  of  the  Inland  Sea. 

28.  BAPTIST  MISSIONS  IN  JAPAN. 

A  comprehensive  survey  of  Baptist  missionary  en¬ 
deavors  in  the  Island '  Empire.  The  pictures  include 
views  of  Japan  as  a  land  of  flowers,  sacred  bridges  and 
mysterious  religions. 

29.  THE  GOSPEL  IN  JAPAN. 

The  Inland  Sea  is  one  of  Japan’s  beauty  spots.  Others 
are  its  kindergartens  of  happy  laughing  children.  Some 
of  our  strongest  Christian  work  in  Japan  is  done  in  our 
educational  institutions  of  all  grades  from  kindergarten 
to  college.  The  pictures  include  all  our  mission  stations 
in  this  land  of  cherry  blossoms  and  wistaria. 

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30.  TWENTIETH  CENTURY  JAPAN. 

Country  and  city,  mountain  and  stream,  Christian 
chapel  and  Shinto  shrine,  schools,  colleges,  and  theological 
seminaries,  are  all  a  part  of  twentieth  century  Japan. 


31.  LIVINGSTONE  AND  THE  CONGO. 

Livingstone  and  Africa  are  inseparable  names.  These 
pictures  of  the  Dark  Continent  recount  the  most  im¬ 
portant  incidents  in  the  life  of  the  great  missionary  and 
explorer,  and  describe  the  people  for  whom  he  gave  his 
life,  and  their  remarkable  development  since  he  first 
brought  the  message  to  them. 


32.  MISSIONARY  TRIUMPHS  IN  DARKEST 

AFRICA. 

The  Africa  of  David  Livingstone,  without  a  Christian 
or  a  school,  is  rapidly  becoming  an  Africa  of  churches, 
schools  and  hospitals.  The  country  of  today,  described 
by  the  pictures,  is  still  a  combination  of  jungle  life  and 
semi-barbarous  people,  and  neat,  peace-loving,  Christian 
villages. 


33.  THE  GOSPEL  ON  THE  CONGO. 

Christian  homes  and  institutions  are  springing  up  in  the 
heart  of  the  African  jungle.  For  a  time  they  stand  as 
isolated  witnesses  for  Christ,  but  through  their  quiet  in¬ 
fluence  they  are  gradually  becoming  the  centers  of  grow¬ 
ing  Christian  communities.  Men  who  once  had  faith  in  a 
witch-doctor  are  now  students  in  an  evangelical  training 
institution. 


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34.  BAPTIST  WORK  IN  CONGO  LAND. 


The  journey  via  the  pictures  is  through  the  jungle  into 
villages  half  of  whose  population  still  fears  the  witch 
doctor.  The  other  half  attends  Christian  church  and 
school  and  is  learning  western  methods  in  home  and  farm. 


35.  GLIMPSES  IN  THE  PHILIPPINES. 

The  pictures  show  the  natural  beauty  of  our  island 
possessions  and  give  glimpses  of  the  home  life  of  the 
Filipino.  Views  of  missionary  endeavor  are  also  included. 


36.  FOLLOWING  THE  FLAG  IN  THE  PHILIPPINES. 

Wherever  our  flag  has  gone  the  Bible  has  followed.  In 
these  beautiful  islands,  Christian  missionaries  have  been 
teaching  the  people  gospel  truths.  Native  life,  social 
and  religious,  is  here  pictured. 


37.  AN  EVENING  WITH  THE  FILIPINOS. 

A  study  of  the  Filipino  in  his  home,  business,  church  and 
school,  and  a  glance  ahead  at  the  Filipino  of  tomorrow, 
the  product  of  the  mission  school. 

38.  INDUSTRIAL  MISSIONS. 

A  new  lecture  describing  industrial  missions  and  their 
relation  to  developing  native  self  support  is  in  prepara¬ 
tion  and  will  be  ready  for  use  during  the  winter  in  con¬ 
nection  with  the  1918-1919  study  topic:  "Christianity 
and  the  World’s  Workers." 


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Special  Lectures  for 
Sunday  Schools 

The  following  lectures  have  been  prepared  especially 
for  Sunday  schools.  -  They  have  been  very  popular  and 
engagements  for  these  should  be  made  well  in  advance. 

51.  SNAP  SHOTS  FROM  MISSION  LANDS. 

This  trip  around  the  world  provides  stop-overs  at  all 
our  missions,  with  time  enough  to  see  the  most  interesting 
things  each  has  to  show. 

52.  TEN  LITTLE  DIMES  AND  THEIR  DOINGS. 

Each  dime  does  something  to  help  spread  the  gospel. 
One  helps  to  equip  a  gospel  ship,  another  to  build  a 
church,  a  third  to  start  a  school  and  a  fourth  helps  bring 
medical  care  to  thousands  in  the  non-Christian  world. 

53.  CHILDREN  OF  THE  INDIAN  EMPIRE. 

Child  life  in  our  four  India  missions  is  very  different 
from  that  in  America,  but  children  all  over  the  vorld 
respond  to  love  and  kindness,  and  many  a  non-Christian 
community  has  been  won  through  the  children. 


ACTS  OF  THE  MODERN  APOSTLES. 

In  addition  to  these  an  entirely  new  series  of  stereopti- 
con  lecturettes  is  now  being  prepared  for  Sunday  schools 
desiring  a  brief  yet  comprehensive  pictorial  stud\  of  mis¬ 
sions  in  connection  with  the  regular  Sunday  school  hour. 
This  new  series  will  have  the  general  title  of  “Acts  of  the 
Modern  Apostles,”  each  lecture  describing  the  work  of 
some  Baptist  foreign  missionary. 

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♦ 


The  following  of  this  new  series  are  in  preparation  and 
others  are  to  be  added  as  rapidly  as  possible. 

54.  Captain  Bickel  of  the  Inland  Sea.  (ready) 

55.  Joseph  Clark  of  Congo  Land. 

56.  William  Axling  and  the  Tokyo  Tabernacle, 

57.  Joseph  Taylor  of  West  China. 

The  sets  are  to  consist  of  fifteen  slides  each,  accom¬ 
panied  by  a  printed  description  and  neatly  packed  in  a 
small  case  for  shipping  by  parcel  post.  About  fifteen 
minutes  will  be  necessary  for  their  delivery.  A  fee  of  50 
cents  for  the  use  of  one  of  these  new  lecturettes  is  asked 
in  addition  to  the  payment  of  return  postage. 


THE  GUIDE  BOOK 

A  New  Publication  Superseding  the  Annual  Handbook 

PASTORS  searching  for  missionary  facts  and  illustrations  to 
present  to  their  people;  leaders  of  missionary  meetings  seeking 
material  to  make  missions  interesting;  laymen  wishing  to  know 
how  missionary  money  is  spent  and  with  what  results;  volunteers 
interested  in  places  where  the  Society  is  working  and  where  they 
may  be  needed;  study  classes  desiring  interesting  and  attractive 
study  material;  these  and  others  seeking  information  regarding  the 
work  of  the  Society  will  find  their  needs  supplied  in  the  Guide  Book 
for  1918. 

The  Guide  Book  first  appeared  in  1917  and  was  exceed¬ 
ingly  popular.  Only  a  few  copies  are  left.  The  1918  Guide 
Book,  to  be  issued  during  the  summer,  will  be  more  attrac¬ 
tive  than  ever.  Place  your  order  NOW  so  as  to  be  sure  to 
receive  a  copy. 

Price,  Twenty-five  Cents  Postpaid 

Address,  LITERATURE  DEPARTMENT 

Post  Office  Box  41  Boston,  Mass. 


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Missionary  Literature 

THE  purpose  of  the  Literature  Department  is  to  help 
make  the  presentation  of  missions  mote  interesting. 
All  its  attractive  features  and  material  are  therefore 
placed  at  your  disposal. 

HERE  ARE  SOME  OF  THE  FEATURES 

1.  BOOKS. 

All  standard  publications  on  missionary  as  well  as  other  topics 
will  be  furnished  at  regular  prices. 

2.  PAMPHLET  LITERATURE. 

A  great  variety  of  interesting,  attractive  pamphlets  and 
smaller  leaflets  are  available  for  distribution.  Most  of  this 
material  is  furnished  free.  In  some  cases  a  nominal  fee  is 
asked  to  cover  expenses. 

The  following  new  pamphlets  have  recently  been  published.  Sample 
copies  will  be  sent  free. 

1.  Do  You  Know  these  Facts? 

2.  A  Day  in  The  Tokyo  Tabernacle. 

3.  The  Jorhat  Christian  Schools  of  Assam. 

4.  Ngulhao  —  A  Story  of  the  Great  War. 

3.  THE  GUIDE  BOOK  FOR  1918. 

See  announcement  regarding  this  informing  missionary  pub¬ 
lication  on  page  16. 

4.  BAPTISTS  IN  WORLD  SERVICE. 

See  announcement  on  the  inside  back  cover  page. 

6.  ORIENT  PICTURES,  PHOTOGRAPHS  AND  POST  CARDS. 

These  are  illustrations  from  the  various  countries  where  the 
Society  is  working  and  are  of  great  value  in  promoting 
interest.  The  post  cards  and  photographs  have  been  hand- 
colored  in  Japan. 

6.  NEW  LITERATURE  SUBSCRIPTION. 

Upon  receipt  of  thirty-five  cents,  your  name  will  be  entered 
as  a  New  Literature  Subscriber  and  you  will  receive  for  one 
year  sample  copies  of  new  literature  published  by  the  Society. 
You  will  be  well  pleased  with  such  a  subscription. 

Write  today  for  free  illustrated  catalogs  and  suggestions  as  to  how 
this  department  can  help  you  in  promoting  missionary  information 
and  interest  in  your  church. 

Address,  LITERATURE  DEPARTMENT 

Post  Office  Box  41  Boston,  Mass. 


The  Station  Plan 


CHURCHES,  young  people’s  societies,  Sunday  schools,  mission 
study  classes  and  other  organizations,  as  well  as  individuals, 
desiring  to  contribute  to  some  “specific”  work  on  the  foreign 
field  have  found  the  Station  Plan  very  satisfactory.  In  many  cases 
the  salaries  of  missionaries,  the  support  of  native  preachers  or 
students,  the  maintenance  of  hospitals  and  other  objects  are  pro¬ 
vided  for  through  this  method.  Gifts  contributed  through  the 
Station  Plan  count  on  the  church  apportionment  and  at  the  same 
time  furnish  a  definite,  concrete  object  for  which  to  enlist  the  interest 
and  prayers  of  the  donors.  Contributors  are  furnished  with  full 
information  regarding  the  missionaries,  stations  and  other  objects 
for  which  the  money  is  given  and  they  receive  quarterly  a  news  letter 
telling  of  the  latest  features  of  the  work.  Further  particulars  re¬ 
garding  this  method  of  giving  will  be  sent  on  application. 

Address,  STATION  PLAN 

Post  Office  Box  41  Boston,  Mass. 


Baptists  in  World  Service 

ANEW  BOOK,  beautifully  illustrated,  packed  with 
information,  filled  with  descriptive  incidents  and 
thrilling  experiences  in  the  careers  of  the  726  Baptists  in 
world  service  who  are  devoting  their  lives  to  the  great 
Christian  war  against  evil,  superstition  and  idolatry  of 
the  non-Christian  world.  The  following  chapter  head¬ 
ings  indicate  the  general  character  and  scope  of  this  new 
publication. 


1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 


In  the  Trenches 
Field  Hospitals 
Behind  the  Lines 
With  Our  Allies 
9. 


5.  Training  Camps 

6.  The  Big  Offensive 

7.  In  France 

8.  Selective  Conscription 
Spiritual  Morale 


Secure  copies  from  the  Literature  Department 


Trice  15  cents  per  copy 


FOR  additional  literature  or  other 
information  regarding  the  work 
of  the  American  Baptist  Foreign 
Mission  Society,  write  to  any  of 
the  following : 

The  District  Secretary  of  your 
district. 

Department  of  Missionary  Educa¬ 
tion,  23  East  26th  Street,  New 
York  City. 

Literature  Department,  Box  41, 
Boston,  Mass. 


12I-500-S-3-1918 


